Will Thailand's future be more democratic than in the past?... "Yes, that's really what I believe", says Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, a businessman, on France 24 become a politician
Srettha Thavisin is the first head of the Thai government from civil society in nine years. A coup d'état initiated by the army overthrew the elected government in 2014. "I don't care about what I don't control", he also assures about the risk of a new coup. State in his country. “My goal is clearly to improve the daily lives of Thai people.”
Asked about the conflict raging in neighboring Burma, Srettha Thavisin believes that it has not, at present, "reached the point where we can speak of civil war". “The first thing to discuss is humanitarian assistance,” he continues. “If people need our help, we will help them.”
The Thai Prime Minister also discusses his meeting with Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, on March 11. Among the issues discussed with the French president, the war in Ukraine: “I don’t think Vladimir Putin will dare invade other nations,” he believes.
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